Offering to be helpful to others is likely part of your everyday interactions. We often give our talents, ideas, energy and time willingly and often. And being helpful often makes us feel good and that we have something valuable to contribute.
Being helpful and generous with our time and talent is essential and, most likely, a part of who you are as a woman, business owner or leader. However, when we don’t know how to receive from others, we create disharmony between giving and receiving. If we are consistently over-giving and under-receiving, we wind up feeling unappreciated, overextended and depleted.
Noticing when we want help but don’t ask is the first step. To restore a sense of equilibrium, we need to practice receiving. In this episode, I share some key practices to help you develop your receiving muscle and to begin to re-establish a healthy flow between giving and receiving.
